Derekp7 came up with a great solution that I will generalize slightly: All cases which go to trial should have to be won entirely by the prosecution (in which

Derekp7 came up with a great solution that I will generalize slightly: All cases which go to trial should have to be won entirely by the prosecution (in which case the proper punishment is meted out) or won completely by the defense (in which case no punishment happens). This would strongly encourage prosecutors to only pursue charges which they could actually make stick instead of whatever they can think up that might sorta be tangentially related or have other words in common with the alleged crimes of those they prosecute. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5094293 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5094293